Winter Trees

Going into the hills in wintry conditions should be a a feast for the eyes. Heather as usual disappoints. It could be a field of cabbages, bulging and often breaking through untidily without even the smooth whiteness of a grassy field.

Woodland  easily outperforms the managed monoculture once again. Part of the attraction comes from the dramatic contrast with one side of the vertical surface white emphasising the dark on the rest of the upright. The build up of snow on the horizontals, before the wind removes it, is the greatest appeal, and looking through closely spaced trees enmeshed in this way takes the eye into a new world of patterned secrets.